Lyric discussion by traviswrdunbar 

Cover art for Sara lyrics by Jefferson Starship

One of the ultimate sacrifices of love. Letting the other person leave to find true happiness, even if it will kill you for the rest of your life.

Their dreams of happiness are just too different (we're fire and ice, the dream won't come true) and the only way for her to be happy is for her to leave him.

This is just a final message saying It couldn't work between us, but I will always love you.

(A reply to deluted below)

You are so right, I'm one of those people, stuck in the past with the only first and true love in high school. Yes, that was 37 years ago. Self-loathing sounds so selfish, not sure I would call it that. Just a person who was cut like a knife without closure. I guess it's like they say, nothing will ever replace your first true love. But you are right, this song haunts me as if it were yesterday, especially the very first lyrics: This is what she said "Go now don't look back, we've drawn...